gém
See also: gem, gêm, Gem, and GEM
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡeːm]
- Hyphenation: gém
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin.[1]
Noun
gém (plural gémek)
- heron (bird)
- the suspended long pole of a shadoof
- jib (the projecting arm of a crane)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gém | gémek |
| accusative | gémet | gémeket |
| dative | gémnek | gémeknek |
| instrumental | gémmel | gémekkel |
| causal-final | gémért | gémekért |
| translative | gémmé | gémekké |
| terminative | gémig | gémekig |
| essive-formal | gémként | gémekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gémben | gémekben |
| superessive | gémen | gémeken |
| adessive | gémnél | gémeknél |
| illative | gémbe | gémekbe |
| sublative | gémre | gémekre |
| allative | gémhez | gémekhez |
| elative | gémből | gémekből |
| delative | gémről | gémekről |
| ablative | gémtől | gémektől |
| Possessive forms of gém | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gémem | gémeim gémjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | gémed | gémeid gémjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | géme gémje | gémei gémjei |
| 1st person plural | gémünk | gémeink gémjeink |
| 2nd person plural | gémetek | gémeitek gémjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | gémük gémjük | gémeik gémjeik |
Derived terms
- gémes
(Compound words):
- kanalasgém
(Expressions):
- szürke gém
- vörös gém
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English game.[2]
Noun
gém (plural gémek)
- (tennis) game (a segment of a set; it consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gém | gémek |
| accusative | gémet | gémeket |
| dative | gémnek | gémeknek |
| instrumental | gémmel | gémekkel |
| causal-final | gémért | gémekért |
| translative | gémmé | gémekké |
| terminative | gémig | gémekig |
| essive-formal | gémként | gémekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gémben | gémekben |
| superessive | gémen | gémeken |
| adessive | gémnél | gémeknél |
| illative | gémbe | gémekbe |
| sublative | gémre | gémekre |
| allative | gémhez | gémekhez |
| elative | gémből | gémekből |
| delative | gémről | gémekről |
| ablative | gémtől | gémektől |
| Possessive forms of gém | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gémem | gém(j)eim |
| 2nd person sing. | gémed | gém(j)eid |
| 3rd person sing. | gém(j)e | gém(j)ei |
| 1st person plural | gémünk | gém(j)eink |
| 2nd person plural | gémetek | gém(j)eitek |
| 3rd person plural | gém(j)ük | gém(j)eik |
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN